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Albums which I shall never listen to again Bamboo Forest - Revival, not just dissapointing, genuine CRAP! nope that's it. Everything else, even if I didn't like it has some musical merit and there would be someone who I'd reccomend it to. "Oh really? You like crappy fullon guitar thrashing shit with toss basslines? You should check out Skazi!" But revival, no way!

Enigma is not underrated in general just never seems to be mentioned by fans of psy chill. Maybe people thinks he's too commercial but it doesn't bother me when his music is so good. The 3rd album "Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi" is one of my all time favourite albums.

Now there's some serious collectors. 8 grand!! Now I'd love to find that in some back street record store for a few hundred yen! Eyes Peeled!!!

Hey, it's not for everyone. I know loads of people who really like it (psy and non psy fans) and some psy chill nuts who just don't think shpongle's any good. Personally I like shpongle but I'm not too crazy about them. When I first listened it was like BOOM OH MY GOD!! But that feeling faded with time and now I just find it okay.

Mo-Shic - Salamat (Downbeat)

Hip Hop is the most popular thing over here too. The Japanese stuff I actually quite like, it's all life affirming lyrics and is quite nice. The american "kill ya bitch" style gets tiresome. In japan though the record stores are huge. In Shibuya there is a 7 floor Tower records, next to a 6 floor HMV and even the local stores are huge. Of course in these stores there is loads of rock, pop and hip hop but the electronic sections are pretty huge too and they always have a load of psy stuff. Japan is quite expensive though, usually about 2500 yen (25 dollars/15pounds) for 1 CD. I loved the artwork by the way. I'm one of those who is swayed by nice covers and cool track names

No Shelves with Psy Trance? That's very sad. Here in Japan the shelves are full of it. I love shopping in real shops, it somehow feels more satisfying when you find something great.

Love that Album, so dreamy and trippy. First listened to it while I had a fever and it really sunk under my skin. I have heard a lot of peole mention it on this forum as well though. I think Enigma and Deep Forest deserve more attention. For me they are very psychedelic in parts. Banco de Gaia's last train to lhasa is also REALLY good. There is a double CD called Salamat by Mo-Shic which has a very nice downbeat CD. I'd also recommend stuff by Super Cozi (One half of Zen Lemonade) especially Cozi.

Derango - Tumult

Planet BEN - Trippy Future Garden

The Melovskys - Psychedelic Cowboy

I like this one. It's looks just like a lot of girls I've seen at psy trances nights in Tokyo.

Digital Mystery Tour - Nadeshiko's Dream

OTT - Billy The Kid Strikes Back I can never get over just how good this track is

Technossomy - The Joker, fantastic opening track by an awesome artist. Slinky Wizard - Supernatural, brilliant as are all Slinky Wizard tracks. Green Nuns Of The Revolution - Green Nunions (New Mix), not the best from the green nuns but still very good. Slide - Saturnalia, sounds a lot like unobtanium? Kuro - KKT, my god... one quality track by a quality producer Kuro Planet BEN And James - Repeater, pretty good stuff in the Silver Planet BEN vein. Manmademan - Desire (Bumbling Loons Rmx), quality breakdown. Atmos - Klein Aber Doctor (Unreleased Slinky Nun Rmx), one of the better mixes of this over remixed track. Quality album, highly recommended people!!

Shpongle - Monster Hit!

Koxbox - Dragon Tales

Logic Bomb - Two Brains

I've been into psy trance for about 13 years and I love so much of the old stuff. But I love a lot of the new stuff too. I often hear great new releases. Okay there is a lot of crap around but that is what happens as time goes by.More people are making music nowadays than ever before and thank to the internet it's getting about much more. If you trimmed of all the crap of modern psy trance you'd still be left with a lot of great music.

Everything on Prepare Your Spirit, especially - Almost Human, Woman is Life, Medicine Wheel and Fourth Dimension. I have this on casette tape, but really want the double CD as there are more tracks

Jikkenteki - Slippery Slopes

Process - one drop or two?

Try Solstice and look under events. Japan usually has the solstice festival every summer near mt. fuji which is really big, but I don't know what is happening this year though.

Star Sounds Orchestra - Music for Qigong Dancing

X-Dream - We Interface